©Courtesy of Netflix Don’t call Emily and Matt “Boomers.” They insist they are Gen X. That makes sense, considering Gen X’ers’ reputation for adaptability and (unlike other blabbermouth generational cohorts) an inclination to keep their secrets just that—secret. Those are all good traits for successful spies, which, in fact, Emily and Matt once were. Now…
©Courtesy of Netflix Trying to rob Taro Sakamoto’s convenience store would be a very bad idea. He is older and pudgier than he was in his prime, but the retired assassin’s skills and reflexes remain lethally sharp. Sakamoto went legit to marry the love of his life, but he can still administer a heck of…
©Courtesy of Netflix Gromit is a good dog and a resourceful problem-solver. Many Gen X’ers have a long-standing affection for him, because they have watched Gromit and his “owner” Wallace (who is more like a silly roommate) since their 1989 debut, 35 years ago. Arguably, the intuitive canine also shares Gen X-like attitudes towards technology….
©Courtesy of Netflix Repeat championships are rare in most legitimate sports, but that is especially true for this secret life-and-death game. As fans of the 2021 Korean streaming phenomenon well remember, Seong Gi-hun was the only survivor from a field of 456 contestants when he first played. Seong had no desire for a rematch, but…
©Courtesy of Janus Films & Sideshow Cesare Graziadei’s sprawling household might be a little like The Waltons of 1940s Italy, but they have a sadness and perhaps even a darkness that would be alien to America’s favorite Appalachian TV family. On the surface, there is a pastoral beauty to their roughhewn life beneath the towering Italian…
©Courtesy of Pathe Almost 150 years before Andy Dufresne tunneled his way to freedom in Stephen King’s The Shawshank Redemption, Edmond Dantes scratched through the wall of his dungeon cell. For Dantes, it was more of a detour than a getaway. Yet, that gave him more time—years in fact—to contemplate his ultimate goal: stone-cold…
©Courtesy of Amazon The business of cuteness sure can get ugly. Just ask the secret children of Japanese idol Ai Hoshino—make that the late Japanese idol. She was murdered by a psycho-stalker calling himself a “fan.” Despite their deceptively young ages, her son Aquamarine (Aqua) and daughter Ruby were already no strangers to tragedy. Somehow,…
©Courtesy of Warner Brothers Even in Middle Earth, 183 years represents a long time for mere mortals. However, it is a manageable span for a powerful wizard. That is how a critical character from the original Lord of the Rings trilogy (and his immediately recognizable voice) could re-appear, but only for a brief cameo, in…
©Courtesy of Crunchyroll Video games are a brutal meritocracy. Your stats and levels are a direct result of your past play. The only way to raise them is by upping your game. However, Sung Jinwoo exists in a video game-inspired world, where the “player-characters” are blessed or cursed with very different starting endowments. Sung was…
©Courtesy of Netflix Mary, Queen of Scots was six days old when she ascended to the throne. It did not work out very well, especially for her. In contrast, Ellian, the Princess of the Kingdom of Lumbria turns a relatively mature fifteen, right as the film opens. However, she is not yet emotionally prepared to…
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